abiens, basi saepissiine bibracteolatiim. Germen inferum seu 

 semi-iuftMiiin, 1 — plnriloculare, rarissime 2 — 3-cameratum; 

 oYiila In lociilis 1, 2 — piiiriina, saepissime biseiiata, aua- 

 tropa V. campylotropa, cenlralia, basilaria v. parietalia. Ca- 

 lyx clausus, operculatiin v. irrcgularitcr riiniprns aiit saopiiis 

 3 — 6-pbylliis, plernniqiie persistens. Pclala plernraqiie tot 

 quot sopala, perigyna, margini jibero bypanthii iiiserla, dori- 

 dua. Stamiaa pleruiuque pliirima, perigyna, maigini v. pa- 

 rieti bypanthii intoriori inserta; fiiainenta lilirra, inonadelpba 

 V. polyadelplia, in alabastro incurva, rarissime abrupte flexa 

 V. recta; aiitberae plernniqne dorso snpra basiu affixae, »lan- 

 dula instnu'tae, 2-, raiiiis 4-loonl;ires, loiigitndinaliter, ra- 

 riiis siibvaivatim, rarissime poris debiscentes; grannla pollinis 

 trigona, tripora. CarpopbyJla 1-, rarissime 2 — 3-seria(a, 2 

 — 15, omnia v. solnni cxteriora verticem gerniinis stylnmqne, 

 interiora (si adsunt) diapbragma i'ormanlia. Stylus solitarius, 

 filiformis; Stigma simplex, cnpitatum v. peltalum. Fructns 

 saepissime calyce coronatus, 1-, rarissime 2 — 3-eameratus, 

 1 — multilocularis, 1 — polyspermus, bacratiis, drupacens v. sic- 

 cus. Seraina plerumque exalbuminosa. Embryo reclus v, 

 curvatns; radicula bilum spectans; cotylae foliaceac, convo- 

 Jutae V. contorluplicatae aut crassae , carnosae, liberae v. 

 plus minusve coaduuatae, per germinalionom epi- v. hypo- 

 gaeae. 



Gratias pluriraas hie ago viris Cl. Fenzl, Kegel, 

 Klolzsch, de Martins, Pritzel, de Scliicchtendal, 

 Sonder, qui mecum humanissime plantas siccas, Iconos, 

 Ubros communicavernnt. 



